Simon Werner

Simon Werner is a Researcher at the European University Institute's Department of History, part of the 2022 cohort. His research focuses on the intersection of global colonial history, intellectual history, and Cold War studies, with a regional specialization in African history and U.S. international relations.

Research Themes:

• Theorizing the Tropics: Late Colonial West Africa in the Social Scientific Imagination (1940-1960)
• History of social sciences during decolonization
• Transnational Cold War dynamics